Nazi plunder

Details

Instance of

occurrence

Subclass of

art theft, looting, war crime, stolen art, looted property, archaeological and artistic looting

Start time

1933

End time

1945

Part of

persecution of Jews, The Holocaust

Location

German-occupied Europe

Country

Germany

Participants

Reichsleiter Rosenberg Taskforce, Führermuseum, Kunstschutz

depicted by

U. of Oklahoma asked to return artwork stolen by Nazis, From Nazi Looting to the Museo de Pontevedra, Das Versteigerungshaus Hans Klemm und die Ausplünderung der Leipziger Juden im "Dritten Reich"

described by source

Washington Principles on Nazi-Confiscated Art

investigated by

Art Looting Investigation Unit, Office of Military Government, Roberts Commission, Bergier commission, Operation Safehaven

partially coincident with

The Holocaust, World War II looting of Poland

studied by

Holocaust studies, Art Looting Investigation Unit, Office of Military Government, Roberts Commission, Bergier commission, Operation Safehaven, Reichsleiter Rosenberg Taskforce

time period

Nazi Germany

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